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VOL. LXVâ€"No. 16â€"12 PAGES. WHAT‘S A BRITISH SUBJECT : LAKE EROSION HAS BECOME SERIOUS PROBLEM TO FARMERS Erosion Trouble Has Been More or Less a Football Between The Federal And Provincial Governâ€" The Niagara fruit area in both Lincoin and Wentworth Counties bordering on Lake Ontario, comprising about 50 miles of shoreline, is being rapidly eroded by wave action, with resultant annual loss of land and fruit trees by growers with lakeshore properties. This was pointed out to the Select Committee of the Ontario Legislature on conservation by representatives of the two counties at a sitting in St. Catharâ€" ines last Tuesday. a ol e . T C k. _ Burton Corman, speaking for Wentworth, said that no person, unless he lived along the lakefront, could realize the tumodomlouuklngpheeuehyur.hrrmm haine wachad awaw hy avary ctorm a roaw af dranes or a row being washed away by every storm, a row of grapes or a row of fruit trees disappearing from some farms every year. As a result, many ratepayers had asked for reduction in property assessment. "The erosion trouble has been monork-dnlootu‘l'l{:d)um-u"â€"- m enie es "Some years , we m;mm tm.‘o!'odenl and P:r:c:-: m l“l m'm vernments, but both ltwut';dmyolmuhn.hl mmm result, we haven‘t made much proâ€" w__â€"_â€"_â€"â€"+ gress in getting assistance. Anyâ€"| Facing Of Fruit Aund Shipping thing that has been done so far to save the land has been done by private persons. Small piers, weirs or walls that were put in have, however, been washed away and the lake has cut in behind them." CHILDREN‘S AID WORK MORE THAN TREBLED Mr. Gorman felt that some conâ€" certed action should be taken with municipalities helping to defray costs if necessary. Howard Craise, Lincoln, said some of the most valuable land in the province was beng washed away. He instanced a Vineland farm on which a recent survey (Continued on Page 3) Increased Demands For Serâ€" vice Have Increased The Urâ€" went Need For More Office LINCOLN PRESENTS A BRIEF TO CONSERVATION COMMITTEE Many Acres Are Lost Agriculture in the county of Lincoln can be divided into two very distinct types â€" fruitgrowing below the escarpment, and general farming above the escarpment. ‘These widely divergent types need different methods of conservation to maintain production. « many crops from drought. In part this may be attributed to the loss of forest cover, and in part to a depletion of organic maitter by intensive farming below the esâ€" carpment, as well as. improper methods of farming above and beâ€" low the escarpment. The fruit belt below the escarpâ€" ment is an Intensively planted area needing very little reforestration Pressure from (he community for Children‘s Ald Society services has almost trebled since this time last year, it was reported to the meeting of the Children‘s Aid Soâ€" clety of St, Catharines and Lincoin County. » C s In common with many other counties Lincoln County is experiâ€" m.mmdm soilâ€"water table, resulting in dry wells, dry subsoil, and the loss of Statistics show that applications for this type of service have averâ€" aged 48 new cases per month since April 1949, compared with only 18 new cases per month for the same period in 1948. # Increased demands for service have increased the urgent need of the local society for more office space in which to conduct interâ€" (Continued on rage 3) Asked For Owners And Municipalities Has Been Tremenâ€" dous in The Past Ten Years â€" Many Methods of Prevention Have Been Tried at Great Cost. More Than A Newspaperâ€"A Community Service Facing Of Fruit Aund Shipping Green Tomatoes Bring MHeavy Fines â€" Inspectors On The Job. Two farmers who had never read the regulations which govern fruit packing, were convicted last Thursâ€" day of offering fruit for sale that was packed contrary to reguâ€" lations. John J. Dyck of R. R. 1, Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Lake, was fined a total of $52 or 20 days in jail on two charges of overâ€"facing frult baskets. Henry H. Epp, of Vineland was fined $21 or ten days for shipâ€" ping green tomatoes marked as No. 1 quality. "I think that you had better get a copy of these regulations," adâ€" vised Magistrate Harely D. Hallett. "It is your business to familiarize yourself with the requirements." . Inspectors L. C. Sturdy and Wilâ€" liam Smith of the Ontario Departâ€" ment of Agriculture gave expert testimony in the cases, Of Dyck‘s pears, they said that the top layer had 5 per cent insect injury, while (Continued on Page 4) Bouth Grimsby Council last week accepted the tender of Irvine T. Lounsbury to drill tenâ€"inch test pure water supply for the Village. Smithville was ordered by manâ€" date last spring to establish a water supply for the Village, after the wells in use had been conâ€" demned. It is expected that action will be taken in the near future to drill the new wells. but requiring a great quantity of organic matter, For the most part, this orgunic matter has . come from the area above the escarpâ€" ment in the form of manure, hay, and straw, It is to be expected therefore, that this withdrawal of needed organic matter will have drastic repercussions on the fertiliâ€" ty of the land above the escarpâ€" ment The Niagara fruit ares in both Lincoln and Wentworth Counties bordering on Lake Ontario, com» prising about fifty miles of shoreâ€" line, is being rapidly eroded by wave action. Many growers along this shoreline have lost acres of goud orchard land within the last twenty years. Of the many methâ€" vds devised to lessen and prevent this erosion the use of large blocks of limeston«, dumped over the edge, DRILLING FOR WATER (Comtimmued on Page 4) : Critmaby Imdepende Erected and equipped at an approximate cost of $270,000, the West Lincoln Memorial Hugul will be open to the public this Sunday aflernoon at 2 o‘clock Daylight Saving Time. At three o‘clock the offlda::rnlng ceremonies will commence, this being in the form of a reâ€" ligious dedication service, will be followed by a short informdl address b‘i‘ Mr. A. R. Globe, the man instrumental for the erection of this hospital that will serve the people of West Lincoln. The thirtyâ€"two bed hospital is as modern as toâ€"morrow, and is complete with every known facility to assure patients of treatment u':;unlleled even in the larger city hosâ€" pitals. Two operating rooms, one for minor surgery and one for major surgery are available, while another feature is the availability of oxygen in every room. Officials in charge of the opening are most anxious that everyone in the entire area visit the hospital Sunday to see for themselves what a fine institution has been made available for the well being of the people in the fruitbelt. Taking part in the dedication ceremony will be several members of the clergy of Grimsby and Beamsville, Warden of Lincoln County Leslie Lymburner, and Mr. P. V. Srnith, who will act as Master of Ceremonies. â€"Photo by Robert Aldrick Studio GRIMSBY MINISTER HONORED BY CALL TO OTTAWA CHURCH BELL TEL. ASKS RATE RAISE Rev. A. Leonard Griffith Of Trinity United Goes To Chalmers United Next Febâ€" ruary â€" Youthful Minister Very Nearly Became An Acâ€" tor Instead Of A Preacher. Two and oneâ€"half years ago Trinity United Church of Grimsby was very lucky in securing the services of Rev. Leonard A. Grifâ€" fith, to succed that very fine Revâ€" erend Gentleman, W. J. Watt,. Now ‘Trinity United members have reâ€" celved a terrible shock. Rev. Mr. Griffith has received and accepted OPTIMIST CLUB WILL CUT OUT "DEAD WOoOd" a Call to Chalmers United Church in Canada‘s Capital City of Otâ€" tawn, yoaiee x Are Desirous Of Having Real Active Members â€" Plans Laid For Winter Activities, The directors of the Optimist Club met on Tuesday night to dis cuss plans for the winter season, und before giving a great deal of thought to the immediate plans, decided unanimously to out loose some of the soâ€"called "dead wood" in the club, and to take in those men currently on the waiting list of the club membership. It was generally expressed that the Optimist Club could be most effective without having a memberâ€" ‘lpmllmumh-uwlwlrdw handle. With a . membership of ground fifty or sixty it is felt that (Continued on Page 5) Roger Noblock, Cleveland, Ohio, was seriously injured early ues day morning when his car, east» bound on the Queen Flizabeth Way, «t Grimsby, crashed into the abut« ment of an overhead bridge and was completely wrecked. Noblock, alone in the car, is thought to have fallen asicop. He was removed by ambuimmnce to St. Catharines Genâ€" eral Mospital Constable D‘Arcy Gurrett investigated, Youngest man in SERIOUSLY INJURED (Continued on Page 5) WEST LINCOLN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OPENING SUNDAY GRIMSBY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1949. MISTORICAL SOCIETY IS MAKING PROGRESS Keports of committees which have been at work during the sumâ€" mer end early autwmn were preâ€" s»nted and discussed at the execuâ€" tive meeting of Grimaby Historical Bociety last Thursday at the home of the secretary, Mrs. Harry Poâ€" well, Kerman Avenue, On Wednesday evening, Nov, 8th, in the Migh School Auditorium a parade of genuine Old Time cosâ€" tumes will be presented, modelled by Orimsby people; narrator, Mre. i. Melntyre, Winona. Refresh« ments will be served at the close by the entertainment committee, Mrs. 7. W. Pheips, convener, Satisfactory headway has been made in gathering data in connec» tion with doctors and schoolteachâ€" ers who served Grimaby and disâ€" trict in early times. A booklet will be prepared from this material, The first publication of Grimsby Historical Society will be in the (Continued on pag» 5) Week ending at 8 a.m., Monday, October 17th, 1949; MHighest temperature M4.0 Lowest temperature 80.6 Precipitation 057 inches Parade Of Genuine Old Time Costumes Is Planned â€"Preparing History Of The Old Forty, GRIMSBY WEATHER REV. A. L. GRIFFITH Formal Application Has Been Made To Board Of Trans« port Commissions Of Canâ€" adaâ€"Bell System In Grimsâ€" by Has Increased 63% In The Past 4 Years â€" Local Calls Up 42 Per Cent, Long Distance Calls Have Risen By 70 Per Cent. During the past four years, there has been a 83 per cent increase in the number of telephones in serâ€" vice in Grimsby, and local calls have increased 42 per cent, H. T. Stewart, Bell Telephone manager here, said this week in reviewing the recordâ€"breaking postâ€"war deâ€" mand for service which has re« quired the addition of much especâ€" inllyâ€"made and costly equipment. Long distance . calls | originating here have risen by 70 per cent in the same period, he said, There are now 1,530 telephones in use in Grimsby compared with 940 four years ago. Local calls average 4,050 per day agninst 2,840 and long distance . calling has reached a daily average of 485 or 200 more than in 1945 CITIZENS SHOULD TRY TO MAINTAIN RECORD By Being Careful They Avoidâ€" ed Pow er Interruptions Last Year â€" No Quota Yet Set For Grimsby. The following bulletin from MRobâ€" ert H. Saunders, chairman of the HMydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario, has been received by J. 1. Theal, chairman of the Grimas« by Mydro Eleetric Commission. "MacLaren Quebec Power Com« pany has notified us that storage runoff conditions are such that they will be obliged to reduce deâ€" livery of power by 3,385,000 Kiloâ€" wattâ€"Hours per week commencing October 24th, ‘This represents a reduction . of _ 850,000 Kilowatt« Hours per day, Mon. to Â¥ri. inclu« (Continued on Page 5) OPEN DEER SEASON IN CAISTOR TOWNSHIP ‘There will be deer hunting in Lincoln County for three days next month, shotguns only, 1t is anâ€" nounced at Toronto that November 21â€"28, Inclusive, will be open daya The hunting will be confined to Caistor township only, and in Maldimand County to Rainham township. There are other counties, such as Kent, Middlesex, Oxford and Haiton where a ahort open seaâ€" son with shotguns is being permit» (Continued on page 5) The bylaw contains a wealth of detail pertaining to the administration of police forces, and the British subject angle which Lothian picked up, came as a result of one clause, which stipulates that aw‘lunu for the position of constable must be a British nubr«:t. Other members of Council argued that an applicant not be British subject, simply a Canâ€" adian. It was evident that none of the Council were too well TOWNSHIP HEARING POSTPONED A MONTH What constitutes a British subject? This was the question put forth by Councillor Lothian, following the readâ€" ing of the ’#')llee bylaw, that first appeared before council on July 8th. The lengthy document was read by Clerk Bourne (reading time twentyâ€"seven minutes) and before Mayor Lewis called for a vote on the passing of the bylaw, Lothian picked up this shred, and before long a debate ensued that took another half hour of Council‘s time. Brief To Be Presented Before Ontario Municipal Board Re Water Rates Charged THAT IS A QUESTION THAT PERPLEXED COUNCIL MEMBERS Final Reading of New Police Bylaw Started The Ar,unont â€" Bylaw Had Been Approved by Officials in Toronto â€" Over Three â€" Quarters of the Voluminous Bylaw Makes Direct Application to The Criminal gode Over Which Council Has no Control â€" Building Permits For $25,000 Are Issued â€" Relief Costs Are Rising. ‘The hearing that was to have been held before the Ontario Muniâ€" elpal â€"Board of â€"Wednesday â€"last was postponed until November 8th, owing to the late arrival at the hearing of John Aikens of North Grimaby. North Grimsby Township Counâ€" cil are seekingla lower water rate from the Grimaby Water Comâ€" mission than the 26 cents per 1,000 gallons now charged. This action was taken after efforts to secure a reduction from the Water Com» mission had failed. The Township‘s brief, to be preâ€" s‘hted to the Board states, in part: "We are the largest consumer of the Grimsby Water Commission but other large consumers pay only 18 cents per 1,000 gallons; during peak season of water consumption for past several years, the Town of Grimsby has been unable to maintain reasonable . pressure . in the township system due to rea« sons beyond control of township; we are in the position of being the largest _ consumer, . paying . the highest rate and getting the poorâ€" (Continued on Page 4) Recent visitors at the Horticul« tural Experiment Station, Vineâ€" land, include Dr. Warren P. and Mra. Tufts, of the College of Agri« culture, University of California Dr. Tufts was particularly interest» ed in the pomology work of the Station, Another foreign . visitor was Dr. Frederick Nilsson, of Akarp, Sweden, who is in charge of horticultural research in Sweâ€" den. He was accompanied by Mra. Nilsson. FORMER BEAMSVILLE PRINTER GETS WRATHY OVER RADIO FEE Kitchener police were wondering what to do with John Schmidt‘s radio one day last week. Angry over being fined for nonâ€"payment of his radio license fee on Wednesâ€" day John mailed his summons, money order for the fine, radio license and finally the radio itself to the police department. BHeamaville people will remember John as a former employee of The Express and later the Mamilton Spectator, until he returned to Ayr to work on the News there. Seems he had been summoned to uprut in Gait court, As an alter« native he had an opportunity of malling his fine to Otto Leyes, justice of the peace at the Kitche» ner office. The letter accompanying the radio read: "Maving discussed and studied By Water Commission. (Beamsvilie Express) $2.50 Per Year, $3.00 In U.S.A., Sc Per Copy versed as to the status of a Canaâ€" ‘dian pertaining to his connection with Britain. ‘The bylaw was read a first time on July 8th, and council found a couple of items missing, namely, the supplying of a revolver, and the naming of a medical officer, whose duty it would be to examine all applicants for the position of constable in the Town of Grimaby. These two omissions have since been inserted, and the whole byâ€" law as prepared by the town soliciâ€" tor has been approved by officials in ‘Toronto ‘before being returned to town council for a first, second and third reading. of the Police Commission claimed made it valid and sound in every respect. He hotly defended the byâ€" law and at one pont asked, 1 can‘t see why we should pull another stail on the passing of this byâ€" law."* It was the fact that the bylaw had been approved, that Chairman FORMER GRIMSBY BOY PASSES IN LONDON "It‘s the longest bylaw to come before a town council in the past eight or ten years," said Mayor Lowis LA,â€"Col. Hamilton Bingle Had (London (Ont.) Free Press, Tuesday, October 4th) Lieut.â€"Col. Hamilton Bingle, M. B. E., E. D., former second in command of No. 12 Basic Training Centre, Chatham, and secretary> treasurer of George White and Sons Co., Ltd., here, died suddenty yesterday at Wostminster Hospital, Lieut.â€"Col. Bingle retired from his post at Chatham in 1946 and re« turned to the insurance business. He joined the Princess Pats in 1014 and served overseas with the unit. He became a captain at the Battle of the Somme, in 1916 Demobilized in 1919, he joined the Radio act with various authori« ties and private individuals, 1 have formed the omllan. along with many others, that it is one of the most unfair; discriminatory, wnâ€" equally enforced and unsavory acts ever put into the statute books of Canaca "Neither having the time nor inclination to appear before a magistrate, along with robbers and thieves, to defend myself from the inconsistencies of such an unreas> enable act and in order to protect myself from the nulsance and en« eumbrances of being on your sudk» er list, 1 hereby enclose money order for $4 in favour of the Reâ€" ceiverâ€"General of Canada. It is however, with strongest measure of protest that 1 take this action, "Also is enclosed summons and radio license as asaked. And in ad« (Continued on Page 3) An Enviable Record In Two Wars â€" Was Born In North Grimsby In 1886. (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 3)